Charles Fred Quast – Death Certificate

Charles Fred Quast, the 1st husband of Martha Lemke died on 28 Feb 1924.

1924 Feb 28: Minnesota; Douglas County; Hudson; Death Certificate for Charles F. Quast

Photo Courtesy of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Charles F. Quast, male, white, married, wife – Martha Lemke, born 27 Nov 1880 in Wisconsin, died at the age of 43y 3m 1d on 28 Feb 1924, farmer, father was Fred Quast born in Germany, mother was Henrietta Ihlenfeld born in Germany, informant was F. F. Quast from Alexandria, Minnesota, COD Tuberculosis of Vertebrae (Potts Disease). He was buried on 2 Mar 1924 in Union Lake Cemetery in Alexandria, Minnesota.

 

Next To Do: William Wachter Death Certificate.

Starting With Martha’s Death Certificate

I will start by documenting her death and working backward from there to document her life…

From her death certificate (#000419) we gather the following information…

Document Copied from Family History Library Microfilm.

Martha Louise Wachter

• Female
• Died 14 Jan 1972 in Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota.
• Born 23 Mar 1886 in North Dakota
• Widowed
• Was married to William Wachter
• Lived at 1003 4th Ave E, Alexandria, Minnesota at the time of her death.
• Her father was August Lemke, who was born in Germany.
• Her mother was Pauline Lemke, who was also born in Germany.
• Informant was Ray Quast (her son) of Alexandria, Minnesota.
• She died of pneumonia and heart failure.
• She was buried on 20 Jan 1972 in Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria, Minnesota

Other things needed are her obituary, cemetery records, headstone photo and a google photo of the home she lived in (if possible).